To my Daddy

Dad,
Today is your 60th Birthday. You are currently away for a weekend get-away with Mom and you probably won't even read this until you get back, ... but in all honesty, this post is really for everyone else out there. It's to let you (and them)know how much you are loved and appreciated.

You'll be getting a card from me, hopefully it'll arrive today, so I won't give away all that's in it. But, I just wanted you to see some pictures of why you are such a wonderful man and why your daughter loves you so very, very much.

Dad, I'm so blessed to be able to call you "Dad". I couldn't have asked for a better father. You provide for me, an excellent picture and representation of my heavenly Father. Yes, I know that you do not equal Him or would even consider yourself a good example of His great love for me, but you do demonstrate to me (and our family) what a godly father and leader is supposed to look like and to be. And I love you all the more for that.

I guess, I really just wanted to convey how much I love you and how much I respect the dad that you have been to me and are to me and will continue to be for me. You are special. You are loved. You are appreciated in ways that you'll never know.

So, I hope that your day is wonderful. I pray that you will blessed abundantly today and this year, more than you could possibly begin to imagine.

I love you, Dad. Happy Birthday.
- Meg

- I love my dad for Saturday breakfast dates when we were kids. And they even still continue through adulthood.

- I love my dad because he's the most generous man I've ever met. He's given me more that I could possibly ever even dreamed for.

- I love my dad because he faithfully prayed for my future spouse and loves him like his own.

- I love my dad for his silly side. It doesn't come out often, but when it does, it's really silly and really fun.

- I love my dad because he loves his daughters. He gave us both beautiful weddings because he wanted to demonstrate to us, in a tangible way, how much he cared for his little girls who were all grown up.

- I love my dad because growing up, he made us get up early in the morning to have a family worship time. And when we complained about it and whined and griped, he still made us do it.

- I love my dad because he's one of my biggest cheerleaders in life. He puts aside his own desires and plans in order to visit me in strange places, or drive out to Cedarville for random events, or fly down to Texas, just to cheer me on and enable me to be successful in all that I do.

- I love my dad because he loves his granddaughters. Even at 60, he's still very busy at work, but he always has time for those little girls. And he gets 3 more babies very soon and I know he'll love them just as much.